Hannah Brenner Nieto, '15, '20 Ed.M.,'24 Ph.D. SPED, has been awarded the Alice H. Hayden Emerging Leader Award from TASH.
Brenner Nieto was selected because she "demonstrated amazing potential for teaching, scholarship...research, and service on behalf of people with significant disabilities." She will receive her award at the 2024 TASH Conference on Friday, December 6th.
As one of TASH’s founding members, Dr. Alice Hayden was the Founder and Director of the Model Pre-School Center for Handicapped Children of the University of Washington Child Development and Mental Retardation Center Experimental Education Unit. She received international recognition for establishing an early intervention project for infants with Down syndrome.
Brenner Nieto is an assistant professor of Special Education at North Central College in Naperville, IL.
